Last night some punks stole my '82 35HP Long shaft fwd control electric start evinrude motor. The idiots cut rigt through the steering cables and throttle cables. If anyone know's some shops who are less than reputable and would be a good place to look please let me know. I would love to get my hands on these punks! More importantly I want to get my motor back. This is probably pointless to try and track down but I have to try. Did I say I would love to get my hands on these punks? Any pointers of where to go or where to look would be very helpful. I have already called every pawn shop looking for it. The only good this motor is to anyone would be for a fishing boat.

Thanks in advance!

Honestly, the best thing you can do it report it stolen. The odds of the item ending up in a pawn shop are fairly high. These shops are required to conduct some form of verification that the item is not stolen. Including sending serial #'s and model numbers to local and/or County police.

Just my $0.02

The crooked pawn shops usually sit on it for quite a while befor playing with it.I had a 3000 dollar bycicle stolen and it appeared 6 months later out in the front of a less than reputable 2cnd hand store.He had tried to change the apearence some and you could tell it had been out in the rain.they are required to take a photo copy of the pearsons i.d.The photo copy was of a 40 year old lady named martia CROOK.Of course false but not store owners fault.Because I had Reported it stolen and kept my case number I was able to get it back.I also got to go t court and testify against him later and put him out of buisness.

I have just printed out every outboard dealer and pawn shop within 50 miles of Everett. So off I go to be Inspector Cluso....

PS. I did notify the cops and got a case number. I have been broke into and had things stole more than once in my life yet I have NEVER got anything back. I know that these punks have no real idea what to do with it now. One of the shops I called last night said that someone had tried to pawn it off to them an hour before I called. It was within 3 miles of my house so hopefully it will turn up soon. The worst part, my wife just bought me the boat for Christmas barely a month ago. My first boat...

On the news last night-Snohomish county cops have stopped investigating thefts. Said they would need an additional 40 officers to check every theft. The county council is ok'ing hiring 4. You should receive a form to fill out. This form will be filed. No other action will be taken by Snohomish County. You are best off looking for it yourself. You might want to look in little nickels.

Law enforcement help is useless. They are so used to dealing with criminals that they tend to treat law abiding citizens with the same regard. Heck they might even claim that you perpetrated the crime against yourself. I have lost all confidence
in our police force when it comes to these type of matters!

For the people, by the people what a crock. Who's in charge of this institution? If you think the people are I would love to hear how your thought process brought you to that conclusion.

Let's all continue to go with the flow and not complain when it all go's sideways just as we have for the last four decades.

Sorry didn't mean to step out of line and get on a rant!!!!!!!

FJ...bad day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry about your stolen motor. You might try a few "motor wanted" notices on bulletin boards, like in Fred Meyers. Maybe put an ad in the Little Nickel or Herald for, "Wanted 25 to 35hp outboard." Hopefully, the scum that took it will call to tell you they have one for sale. Good luck.

P. sorry about you getting ripped off. I live in Everett and will keep a eye out for your motor.
Another thing do you know a guy name Ken, the reason I bring this up because he told me a friend of his had his motor stolen. Good luck trying to get it back.

PMARTIN,
Sorry to hear about your motor dude. Nothing worse in this world than a f*****g thief!!!!!! This incident is a little more than a car prowl the news was talking about last night. This is a case of 1st degree theft because of the dollar value. If you called either Lk. Stevens Police or the Sheriff and all they would do is send you a report form I would call them back and request an officer to take the report. You did have the serial# written down right? Hopefully you will atleast recover the motor if not the suspect(s) as well.

Tight lines and good luck.

Chumcatcher

Hey P, Post a photo or give us a description of your motor. I live in your neck of the woods and I would dearly love to "neck" this dirthead. Between this and the car prowls up on the Sky I'm fed up. Lets keep our eyes open out there and maybe we can stage a few "river tribunals"
Later, T.

Well I have been playing Inspector Cluso this weekend and have found a little info. Not very usefull though.

When driving home there are a few guys with fishing boats that I usually check out when I drive by. Well, in the last few weeks I have noticed that their motors are also gone. Thinking that maybe they put their outboards in their garages I never really thought about where else they may have gone. After this mishap I have thought differently. So, I stopped by and asked. Big surprise, stolen also!! They got as much help from the TAX RECIEVING COPS as I did. A case number.. Now, from my little few hours of checking around I have found that there have been three outboard motors stolen within about a four block radius. Hmnnnn??? Think it could be the same people??? How about set up a dummy situation with an outboard motor and nab these PUNKS?? That way these cops get the best of both worlds. They can sit on their ass and do nothing and wait for these punks to come to them. Shoot, you could even do it cheaper. Use one of those small cameras with a motion detector, that way it only starts taping when someone is around? I have done some minimum searching and found that three tax paying home owners have been ripped of of their recreational property, bet if it was the Mayor they'd be all over it. Now Lake Stevens isn't a big town, so the odds that these are the same people ripping off thses motors is very likely. Just a little service from our public servents would be nice. Maybe it would even help with PR. Instead of people being afraid of talking to cops they might find that they are their for our best interest. You know, work with the people you are sworn to protect, the tax payers not the punks...


Well I am going ot keep my eyes out. I am very determined, my hopes aren't to high that I will ever see 'MY' motor again. I will do what I can though since our law enforcement isn't going to do anything, oh wait, they will hand out tickets for going 5 over the limit and make you feel like the criminal.

Swami....What the heck did you do to Ken? I talked to him on Friday and it souded like he was missing his front teeth. I was going to take him up for the Fortson experience but I think he had a few to many barley sodas.... Probably still in bed.


One last thing...The bright side.

1) Talked wife into getting new boat!!!
2) Get to extend my garage to make it a three car..2 car and 1 new boat I mean!

Life could be a heck of a lot worse.

PMan,
Keep at um... Along this note, I had all my rods and reels stolen about 12 years ago. Since then I have been evgraving my drivers license number on just about everything. The cops told me that is the single most important thing I can do to help get my stuff back if it is stolen. I bought a $8.00 engraver and it lives on my tool bench plugged in 24/7. Thought I would throw this out for the good of the order.